Warwick Beacon
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All for a wish Bethany O'Connor, owner of Bethany O Photography, and Kelly LaChance Guertin, owner of Bellani Maternity, recently hosted a Mama & Me for Charity to benefit Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island. To celebrate Mother's Day, Bethany O
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5/14/17
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Douglas A. MacGowan, at the age of 69 passed away on Thursday, April 20, 2017 at Kent Hospital in Warwick, RI while surrounded by his family. He was the husband of Roselyn (Zwolenski) MacGowan of …
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5/14/17
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The following students achieved high honors or honors for the second quarter of the 2016-2017 school year at Warwick Veterans Memorial Junior High School. GRADE 7 HIGH HONORS Brianna Adams, Cameron Adessi, Rayan Alani, Jasmine Alpert, Azael Alvarez,
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5/13/17
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May marks an important holiday for those who are mothers or for those who have mothers, as well as for those who have lost their mothers. May also marks National Foster Care Awareness Month, and …
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By Jen Cowart
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5/12/17
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This year is the 25th anniversary of the teachers strike that closed schools and saw 18 teachers arrested and sent to the Adult Correctional Institution. In many ways the rancor and distrust caused by that incident still simmers today. Some teachers say
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5/12/17
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Saint Elizabeth Community in East Greenwich celebrated the opening of THE GREEN HOUSE Homes at Saint Elizabeth Home Friday with a Grand Opening/Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, followed by a luncheon and tours. This innovative model of nursing home care is a
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5/12/17
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Judi L. Lewis, 51, passed away Friday, May 5, 2017. She was the beloved wife of David E. Yarborough.
She was a daughter of the late James, Sr. and Joyce (Whelan) Lewis. Judi worked as a …
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5/12/17
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By JOHN HOWELL Mayor Scott Avedisian has stepped up efforts to settle a teacher contract, calling for mediation sessions in addition to the meeting scheduled for May 23 on May 30 and then an all-day session starting at 8 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m. on
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By John Howell
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5/11/17
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By TESSA ROY A total of 31 teachers were laid off at the School Committee meeting Tuesday night, but the administration says they could be recalled to their jobs depending on approval of the school budget. Superintendent Philip Thornton released a
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By Tessa Roy
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5/11/17
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By TESSA ROY Joy LaTorre, a nurse practitioner and part-time URI professor, knows first hand how stigma surrounding drug addiction affects grieving parents who have lost children to overdoses. Some [parents] I've talked to feel like they don't have a"
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By Tessa Roy
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5/11/17
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By TESSA ROY Prom and graduation season is full of talks about dresses, dancing and college, but it's also a time to have serious discussions about underage drinking and drunk driving. That's a conversation Bob Houghtaling, Director of the East Greenwich
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By Tessa Roy
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5/11/17
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By TESSA ROY Warwick native Rhiannon Smith and her family are set to start living in a new condo in Wickford this month, but theirs is no ordinary move. Their move in date, May 15, will mark five years since she moved into project-based housing in North
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By Tessa Roy
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5/11/17
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SHOPLIFTING On April 28 around 3:16 p.m., Officers Christian Vargas and Timothy Tavares were dispatched to the Bald Hill Road Target for a report of two females in custody for shoplifting. At the scene they met with a member of the store's asset
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By John Howell
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5/11/17
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Spared Warwick firefighters quickly doused a fire that started in a garage in the rear of the historic Caleb Greene Homestead at Apponaug Four Corners Tuesday night about 10:15. According to Assistant Chief James Kenney, firefighters had the fire under
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5/11/17
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By ISABELLA ZAINHEH Next week is a big week for Warren A. Sherman Elementary School: it's reading week! This year the school is challenging students to read as much as possible; in past years students have collectively read 100,000 pages. There will be a
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By Isabella Zainyeh
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5/11/17
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Toll Gate High School will hold its Rhode Island Honor Society installation on Wednesday, May 17 at 6 p.m. in the Toll Gate High School auditorium. Greetings will be presented by Miss Candace Caluori, Principal of Toll Gate High School. A speech will be
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5/11/17
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In leadership program Twelve Salve Regina University sophomores, including English communications major and Toll Gate graduate Rebecca Sock of Warwick, has been selected for an innovative leadership development program run by the Pell Center. Named in
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By JOHN HOWELL
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5/11/17
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James Scotti, 78, of Warwick, Rhode Island, lost a valiant and dignified battle with cancer on the morning of Saturday, May 6, 2017. He passed peacefully in his home surrounded by family and loved …
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5/11/17
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Rain didn't stop them Ten brave souls stood in the rain Saturday to learn about the history, the ecology and what makes Mary's Creek so unique. The Warwick Wildlife and Conservation Commission's presentation included information about the use of Mary's
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5/10/17
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A night filled with art Cedar Hill School students and parents filled the school Thursday for an evening of the arts that, in addition to work that covered corridor walls, included musical performances, dancing and poetry readings. Two artistic works,
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5/9/17
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By JOHN HOWELL As mounting losses and efforts to become part of a larger health care system based in Boston commanded the spotlight, without fanfare a new level of service started at Kent Hospital last week with the first emergency coronary angioplasty.
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By John Howell
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5/9/17
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By JOHN HOWELL So what are those circulator stonewalls doing in the center of the Apponaug roundabouts? Didn't anyone clue in designers that you can't see through stone and if the walls weren't there motorists would have a clear view of roundabout
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By John Howell
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5/9/17
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“This is my 30th year, and for my entire career I’ve been protesting,” said Pilgrim history teacher Michael Costello as the Teachers Union picketed City Hall on Thursday afternoon. Costello, …
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By Tessa Roy
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5/9/17
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STOLEN PLOW Officer Manuel Pacheco was dispatched to Deirdra Court on April 28 around 9:05 p.m. for a report of a plow that had been taken from a resident's driveway. At the home he met with the reporting party, who stated that at approximately 7:30 p.m.
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5/9/17
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By JOHN HOWELL The buckeyes are back. A few fish returned as early as February to spawn but colder weather in March shut down the runs and the Buckeye Brook Coalition that keeps an eye on such things, and has done so for years, didn't see it pick up
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By John Howell
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5/9/17
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